Microsoft complements its relational database engine, SQL Server, with several add-on services that manage different aspects of enterprise business intelligence and information processing such as data ...

Choose a SQL Server trial, edition, tool, or connector that best meets your data and workload needs. Get the performance and security of SQL Server 2022—a scalable, hybrid data platform—now ...

The SQL Server MCP client is built with .NET Core using the Model Context Protocol C# SDK (github.com/modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk). It provides tools for ...

The first release candidate (RC0) of SQL Server 2025 is now available. As we move toward general availability, our focus shifts to delivering enhanced stability, performance, and product improvements ...

🔍 List database tables 📊 Execute SQL queries (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) 🔐 Multiple authentication methods (SQL, Windows, Azure AD) 🏢 LocalDB and Azure SQL support 🔌 Custom port ...

A private preview of SQL Server 2025 began in November 2024, followed by a public preview in May 2025. Now, it is time for the natural next step, as the tool has received its first release candidate, ...

JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) is the generalised Java to RDBMS interconnection layer, analagous to ODBC in the Windows world, or Perl's DBI framework if you prefer. Using JDBC with an appropriate ...

The SORT and SORTBY functions let you extract certain columns and rows from a dataset and sort them in a certain order, all while preserving the source data. Even though they work in similar ways, ...

Windows Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant can now optionally see your entire desktop—maybe it will be able to finally explain what Windows error code 0x8007002c ...

Microsoft hasn't been shy about heavily integrating generative AI across its tech stack, including its wide range of Microsoft 365 productivity tools. This comes after the software giant made a ...

Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. This week, the Vidar infostealer is badder ...

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